George Watson Douglas was born in Edinburgh in 1857. He married Jane White and moved to Leven in around 1889. They lived in Forth Street, Leven, and ran a butcher's shop in the same street. However, like Somerville the Grocer, Douglas spotted opportunity in the growing village of Lundin Links. Early in 1898, he had a shop (with living quarters above it) designed and built on Leven Road, adjacent to the Post Office. By 1901 his family were living above the Lundin Links shop in their home named 'Whitelea'.
Although George Douglas died in April 1903, his wife Jane still owned the businesses in Leven and Lundin Links, which continued to trade under the Douglas name, with butchers employed from outside the family. An article from the Evening Telegraph of 1 February 1917 records Mrs Douglas opposing her butcher Robert Miller being called for military duty in World War One, under the headline 'Butchers Necessary at Lundin Links'. At some point prior to 1925, the butcher shop had passed on to a Thomas Borthwick, who it would appear ran the business into the 1930s. There have been a few changes of hands since then, but amazingly, the premises still houses a butcher (and a baker) in the shape of Stuart's of Buckhaven.
Although George Douglas died in April 1903, his wife Jane still owned the businesses in Leven and Lundin Links, which continued to trade under the Douglas name, with butchers employed from outside the family. An article from the Evening Telegraph of 1 February 1917 records Mrs Douglas opposing her butcher Robert Miller being called for military duty in World War One, under the headline 'Butchers Necessary at Lundin Links'. At some point prior to 1925, the butcher shop had passed on to a Thomas Borthwick, who it would appear ran the business into the 1930s. There have been a few changes of hands since then, but amazingly, the premises still houses a butcher (and a baker) in the shape of Stuart's of Buckhaven.
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